Columbia
1991 Color
91 Mins.
Horror/Thriller
Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace and Kelly Jo Minter star.
Written by Todd Hackett
Directed by Mark Herrier
Rated R for language, violence and gore.
The Posses, posses, possessor! Anyone who knows what I'm referring to saw this hidden gem in theaters when it came out in 1991. I thank my father every day for blessing me with the horror education of my youth.Popcorn is such a unique genre film. Centering on a group of film students throwing an all night horrorthon who find an old film about a creeper who murdered his family on stage back in the day. Soon after people begin to disappear as the killer moves towards a young woman named Maggie who bears a questionable past. I don't wanna say much more than that. The film is filed with nightmarish imagery, strong performances inventive makeup effects that still hold up and at atmosphere of surreal, mounting dread. The film stars scream queen of the time Jill Schoelen (Stepfather Phantom of the opera) as well as genre vet Dee Wallace (Cujo, Critters) and genre fave Kelly Jo Minter (Nightmare 5, People Under the Stairs). Unfortunately the film didn't do well in theaters and has never really found it's deserved cult audience and sadly director Mark Herrier never went on to bless us with more genre features. However, recently the film has had a bit of a reemergence and more and more people seem to be referring back to this hidden horror gem. Popcorn was a huge part of my childhood. it's not a perfect film by any means, that cheesy horror vibe finds it's way in it's finale but the film still stands as an innovative little genre feature that's drenched in horror nostalgia and isn't afraid to be different.****.75/5
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